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Never understood this one myself.I could count perhaps ten of his fights that I'd deem watchable - the vast majority of those would come after his prime too.
So many of his fights,as a lightweight in particular are such a wild mess that it's difficult to actually follow.Duran's supporters will tell you how underrated technically he is - and while it's true that he was able to mix his defense well with offense - it certainly wasn't pleasing to watch.So much smothered work and holding involved in these fights - devoid of consistent clean punching.
I'm perhaps in a minority,but I never enjoyed his first fight with Sugar Ray Leonard,either - for reason's stated above.He's generally regarded as this great in-fighter when in actual truth his inside work is inferior to a far more technically sound Julio Cesar Chavez - who's work was entirely clean and didn't require holding and what not.
That's not say he was like this his entire career,however.As he got older,and a little slower,his work was alot cleaner and his technique stood out a little more.The Davey Moore fight,for example,was a pretty thrilling one-sided fight.It's true that Duran poked him in the eye,thus impairing Moore's vision early on in the fight.But one cannot deny that he looked brilliant in this fight - showing excellent technique and great composure in breaking down the bigger man.
So many of his fights,as a lightweight in particular are such a wild mess that it's difficult to actually follow.Duran's supporters will tell you how underrated technically he is - and while it's true that he was able to mix his defense well with offense - it certainly wasn't pleasing to watch.So much smothered work and holding involved in these fights - devoid of consistent clean punching.
I'm perhaps in a minority,but I never enjoyed his first fight with Sugar Ray Leonard,either - for reason's stated above.He's generally regarded as this great in-fighter when in actual truth his inside work is inferior to a far more technically sound Julio Cesar Chavez - who's work was entirely clean and didn't require holding and what not.
That's not say he was like this his entire career,however.As he got older,and a little slower,his work was alot cleaner and his technique stood out a little more.The Davey Moore fight,for example,was a pretty thrilling one-sided fight.It's true that Duran poked him in the eye,thus impairing Moore's vision early on in the fight.But one cannot deny that he looked brilliant in this fight - showing excellent technique and great composure in breaking down the bigger man.
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